All schools with students in kindergarten through eighth grade within a 3-mile radius of a Fresh & Easy store are eligible to participate in Shop for Schools. Participating schools receive a $1 cash donation for every $20 receipt collected from any Fresh & Easy store from Sept. 15 through Dec. 31. The school that raises the most money in the state through receipt collection will also win a $5,000 bonus.

It’s taken less than three months for Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market to surpass AJ’s Fine Foods, Sprouts Farmers Markets, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets and Trader Joe’s in the number of stores in the Valley.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market kicked off its fifth-annual Shop for Schools fundraising program last week. Through the program, Fresh & Easy has given more than $4 million to neighborhood schools to use for whatever they needed most, according to a news release.

From now until Dec. 31, parents and community members can support Kyrene Centennial Middle School by shopping at Fresh and Easy, 4816 E. Ray Road.

South Chandler residents have been wondering when the new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market on the northwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Heights Road will open. By all appearances, construction was finished months ago, yet it remains closed.

The East Valley is an incubator of sorts for the fast-growing neighborhood market concept. This week I’ll look at Fresh & Easy’s offerings. Next week, it’ll be Marketside’s turn.

Fresh & Easy grocery stores on Wednesday will open the doors to one of its neighborhood-centric markets near Greenfield and Warner roads in Gilbert.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, a chain of small grocery stores that recently opened in the Valley, is exceeding sales expectations set by its parent company – United Kingdom’s Tesco grocery store chain.

Fresh & Easy has extended its deadline for schools to participate in its Shop for Schools program. Registration is now open until Oct. 15.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market will take over part of a Sunflower Market that closed more than a year ago, leaving a gaping hole at a major Gilbert crossroads.

Fresh & Easy is continuing its rollout of new locations but at a slower clip as the recession continues to grip the economy.

It is unknown whether a supermarket ever will set up shop in downtown Tempe, but a grocer apparently plans to open a mile away.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based grocer Tesco, is about to mark two milestones.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the newest challenger in the area's crowded grocery store industry, officially opened its 20th Valley location at Seventh Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix.